Details:
- Salary: £30,000 - 35,000 - Annum
- Job Type: Permanent
- Job Status: Full-Time
- Salary Per: Annum
- Location: Keele
- Date: 9 hours ago
Description:
Job Title: HR Coordinator
Reporting to: Managing Director (line management); Fractional HRD (functional reporting)
Salary: £30,000 to £35,000per annum
Contract type: Full time or Part time (phone number removed) FTE)
About the Role
Provide day-to-day transactional HR and internal recruitment support to a fast-growing, founder-led business of around 60 people. This is a hands-on role covering internal recruitment coordination, onboarding, HR administration, and first-line employee queries – giving one person a broad view across the employee lifecycle while the organisation continues to scale.
There is genuine scope for the right person to grow with the business, potentially progressing towards a more specialist or advisory HR or talent role as the function develops.
Key Responsibilities
Internal Recruitment support
Coordinate recruitment activity end-to-end: posting roles, screening applications, scheduling interviews, and liaising with hiring managers and candidates
Support the offer and pre-employment check process (references, right-to-work, contracts)
Help maintain a positive candidate experience as the business scales its hiring
Onboarding
Own the new starter process: inductions, paperwork, system access requests, and first-week check-ins
Continuously improve onboarding materials as the business and roles evolve
HR administration & data
Maintain accurate, compliant HR files (physical and digital) for all employees
Manage and update HR data/HRIS, ensuring records are current for headcount, absence, and reporting purposes
Support production of routine HR reports and metrics
First-line HR support
Act as the first point of contact for day-to-day employee queries (holiday, policies, benefits), escalating more complex matters appropriately
Signpost employees to relevant policies and self-service resources
Help maintain and update the policy library as things change
General
Provide flexible support across HR and, where needed, adjacent functions as priorities shift
Contribute ideas for improving processes as the organisation grows – much of what this role covers will evolve over time
Other tasks which may be reasonably required from time to time
What Working Here Is Like:
Priorities can shift quickly – you might be sourcing candidates one day and updating HR systems the next
Processes are still being built in places, so you'll sometimes be working things out as you go rather than following an established playbook
Investment-backed and founder-led, so pace and visibility are both high – decisions get made fast
Person Specification
Essential Criteria:
Area
Criteria
HR
Previous experience in an HR administration, coordination or generalist support role
Recruitment
Experience supporting recruitment processes (scheduling, screening, coordination)
Systems
Confident using HR systems/HRIS and standard Microsoft Office and other workspace tools
Data & accuracy
High attention to detail, particularly with HR records, data, and confidential information
Communication
Clear, professional communicator, comfortable handling first-line employee queries
Pace
Able to work effectively in a fast-paced, evolving environment
Discretion
Understands and respects confidentiality given regular access to sensitive employee data
Desirable Criteria:
Area
Criteria
Qualifications
CIPD Level 3 (or working towards)
Sector experience
Experience in a scale-up, SME or investment-backed business
Employment law
Working knowledge of core UK employment law and policies
Growth mindset
Interest in developing further into a specialist or advisory HR/talent role
Process improvement
Experience helping to build or improve HR processes rather than just following them